There was a repertory troupe in Poland that described the Nazi occupation. Using their excellent acting skills, they exposed a Nazi spy, protected the Warsaw underground resistance organization, and successfully escaped from under the noses of the Nazis.
Super comedy, in many places better than Chaplin's "Fighting the Dictator", the storyline is tightly intertwined, exciting and full of fun. The film expresses Lubitsch's nostalgia for life before World War II and his complaint about the war. Although it was controversial in the 1940s and 1960s, the film was regarded as Liu Bieqian's best film in the end and "Ninokika" in 1939.
surprise! Liu Bieqian’s humor is brought into full play in this film. This film is a joke he made to Nazi Germany after he was forced to flee to the United States. Although it was severely criticized at the beginning of the screening, it did not detract from the historical test. The absurd political laughter, set in Poland during the Occupied Period, used comical descriptions, seriously ridiculed the Nazis, crazy about extramarital affairs, and played with Shakespeare's famous quotes and Hitler. In the end, the theater company was a big winner, and everyone wanted it. Engrave a brave character.
What is wonderful is the play in the film. It is said that the actors of this troupe dressed up as ghosts in and out of the play and pretended to be Nazis. The characters are true and false. Imagine that Hitler in the film replaced the person who played Hitler. , However, this Hitler is actually the actor in the film, do you think it’s fun? However, the most complicated thing is the relationship between men and women in the film. This is also the main axis of the whole story. A couple of popular troupe couples are well-known. It is only natural for women to cheat, and men are jealous when it is the key to doing business, but when it comes to loyalty To serve the country, everyone does not say anything with passion, and it is extremely exaggerated to cause laughter. Then come to To Be or Not to Be’s smuggling Mima and Hitler’s little story. If Shakespeare and Hitler knew about it, would he climb out of the coffin and laugh Some?
Liu Bieqian’s trick is to control the rhythm properly, and the jokes are faint and unique. He can talk and stop, but it makes people have to make a scene. There is a small scene that I think is particularly funny. The husband and wife kiss goodbye, and the husband walks out of the room first. At the door, the lover walked behind, but the husband stepped back and asked the lover to go out first (in case he talked to his wife). This small detail only used a camera without dialogue, but it made people smile knowingly.
It is necessary to praise the actor’s skill, especially the leading actors and actresses. Knowing Jack Benny, the comedic comedian, is the truth. He plays a tortoise-haired husband, a somewhat neurotic Shakespearean actor. Several scenes led by him are enough to laugh. Rather, for example, his entanglement scene with the dumb German general completely satirizes the Nazis. Thinking of him playing Hamlet and someone left his seat, his surprised expression will make a smile and tears, and the heroine Carole Lombard is of this type of role. A frequent visitor, Lombard is addicted to sexual comedy, talking to death and making laughs. Her style is bold, but she is not a vixen-like porn girl. In real life, she is welcomed by her peers and is very popular. She has only been with the love saint Clark Gable in 39 years. During the Second World War, he actively raised funds for the army, and died in a plane crash during a fundraising event in 42 years. This film is the masterpiece of her later performances.
Oscar record: Nominated for best soundtrack in 1942
A: How did you get here?
B: I was born here
A: What made you decide to die here?
B: He (referring to Hitler)
A: You want to get it from the Führer What?
B: What does he want from us? What does
he want from Poland? Why? Why? Are
we not human? Don't we have eyes? Don't we have hands...
Organism scale affects passion to
eat the same thing and be the same weapon Injury...
Tortured by the same disease, cured in the same way,
with the same cold winter and warm summer,
won’t we bleed if you pierce us? Would
n’t we laugh
if you tickled us? Will we not die
if you poison us? Can we not retaliate if you treat us wrongly?
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